AiHub
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Quality assurance in higher education is generally challenging, with diverse and complex programs requiring rigorous evaluation. Estimates for accreditation costs range from 3% to 11% of total educational spending—much of which has been criticized as inefficient —with recent estimates of annual accreditation spending reaching $2.3 billion. There are a variety of definitions of what constitutes […]
Quality Assurance in Postsecondary Education
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Accreditation is a process of external quality review that assesses an institution or program’s educational quality and institutional effectiveness. Accreditation enables access to federal and state funding, student aid, visa-granting authority, and other benefits. However, most non-degree and non-credit programs are not accredited or are accredited by agencies that ED does not recognize. Therefore, these […]